are caught and sent back. There are daily news reports of aliens being caught. They are smuggled across in car trunks, in railway cars, and in secret compartments inside of trucks. Recently agents stopped a tractor-trailer that had 103 immigrants inside. They were heading for the Northeastern states where the prospect of finding jobs and cover was better. And they were apprehended only by a fluke. An attendant saw a large number of people near a truck and he "tipped" the border police. How many other trucks made it through that day is anyone's guess. (CS News,INS P.1)
The United States Border Patrol uses electronic sensors and television surveillance of border areas along with dogs and more established methods of border control. There are seismic detectors placed everywhere. But when one area of the border becomes too difficult to cross because of the security the illegals simply just start crossing in another area that is less secure. The numbers continue to increase annually because of Mexico's economic recession. (Branigin P.1) The border agent's jobs are not easy and the work never ends. Nerves and emotions are put to the test. Mexico has accused the U.S. of unnecessary violence in the beating of illegal aliens and in the murder
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